Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt

Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt (30 January 1757, Berlin - 14 February 1830) was a German noblewoman. She was the daughter of Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. On 3 October 1775 she married duke (later grand-duke) Charles Augustus of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and as such a member of the court sphere of Weimar Classicism. She was held to be serious and introverted but also compassionate and sympathetic, in the aftermath of the Battle of Jena which guaranteed her part in the later "myth of Weimar" ("Weimarmythos").

Life

iblings

* Karoline von Hessen-Darmstadt (1746-1820)
* Friederike von Hessen-Darmstadt (1751-1805)
* Louis I, Grand-duke of Hessen and the Rhine (1753-1830)
* Friederike Amalie von Hessen-Darmstadt (1754-1832)
* Wilhelmina Luisa von Hessen-Darmstadt (1755-1776)
* Friedrich von Hessen-Darmstadt (1759-1802)
* Christian von Hessen-Darmstadt (1763-1830)

Marriage and issue

She and Carl August had 7 children:
* Luise Auguste Amalie (1779-1784)
* (Daughter) (*/† 1781)
* Carl Friedrich (1783-1853)
* (Son) (*/† 1785)
* Karoline Luise (1786-1816) - married Frederick Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778-1819)
* (Son) (*/† 1789)
* Bernhard (1792-1862)

Bibliography

* Bornhak, Friederike: "Aus Alt-Weimar. Die Großherzoginnen Luise und Maria Paulowna", Breslau 1908.
* Hammerich, Louis Leonor: "Zwei kleine Goethestudien. II. Grossherzogin Louise von Sachsen-Weimar – eine politische, keine schöne Seele", Kopenhagen 1962.
* Taxis-Bordogna, Olga: "Frauen von Weimar", München 1950.